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- Title
Disease proteomics toward bedside reality.
- Authors
Nishimura, Toshihide; Ogiwara, Atsushi; Fujii, Kiyonaga; Kawakami, Takao; Kawamura, Takeshi; Anyouji, Hisae; Kato, Hakubumi
- Abstract
The human genome has been sequenced, and investigation of its products has become possible in a sequencebased framework. More than 200000 protein species are expressed in the body from ∼30 000 human genes. The term proteome, coined as a linguistic equivalent to the concept of genome, is used to describe the complete set of proteins that is expressed, and modified following expression, by the entire genome in a cell at any one time. Protein types and amounts expressed in a body vary greatly depending upon whether it is healthy or ill. Therefore, proteomics is attracting an increasing interest in its application to better understanding of disease processes, to development ol' new biomarkers for diagnosis and early detection of disease, and to accelerate drug development. There are numerous opportunities for medicine, although it is quite challenging to meet the needs for high sensitivity and high throughput required for disease-related investigations.
- Subjects
PROTEOMICS; GENOMES; HUMAN gene mapping; HUMAN genome; BIOMARKERS; DRUG development
- Publication
Journal of Gastroenterology, 2005, Vol 40, p7
- ISSN
0944-1174
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02990572